I have also wondered about putting information into Events/Facts Notes vs General Notes (or, as Jenny mentioned, in Source Detail comments). As others have said various times, it depends on the purpose or goal. Who is the target? You? Others?
Legacy is so flexible! One option is to put the information in more than one place. For some occasions you would include the General Notes for readability. For other occasions you might exclude the General Notes but include the Events/Facts with the sources. You can choose if you want the Detail Source Comments to print or not. Regarding sourcing General Notes. There was a suggestion earlier this year as to how to include multiple sources in General Notes. I don't remember what the subject was. I think the general idea was to put the author's name (Smith) after each different piece information so the source of that particular information could be easily found in the source list. If you choose to stay with Events/Facts, some have suggested a very simple sentence structure, with very little other than [Notes]. Then you can enter the information in the Event Notes exactly the way you want it to read. Just my thoughts. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > Kris wrote >> >> I would love to use the General and Research notes more often, but it's so >> difficult to source themF > > It often happens that I cite a Source which relates only to Date OR Place, > Firstname OR Surname but not to both, or it relates to only one of several > Notes. In those cases I add a line in the Source Detail Comments such as > "relates to date of birth" or "relates to name of second wife" or whatever > is appropriate. You can choose whether or not you want to include these > Comments with the Citations in Reports. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
